Click on a heading in this list to go to that portion of the grad
fellowship listing:
Large
grants/fellowships supporting multiple years of graduate study (geosciences and
biology)
policy-related
training for scientists and engineers
Large
grant supporting one year of conservation-related research
Large
grant supporting up to two years of biological research
Smaller
grants/fellowships/scholarships to support research and travel (geosciences and
biology)
Smaller
grants/fellowships/scholarships to support research and travel (biology)
Smaller
grants/fellowships/scholarships to support research, travel, internships
(Geosciences)
Miscellany
For the future: postdoctoral research fellowships
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NSF Predoctoral Fellowships http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05601
Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
The National Science
Foundation aims to ensure the vitality of the human resource base of science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics in the
November 09, 2005 Geosciences
NDSEG
(National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate fellowships) http://www.asee.org/ndseg/
As a means
of increasing the number of U.S. citizens and nationals trained in science and
engineering disciplines of military importance, the Department of Defense (DoD) plans to award 180 new three-year graduate fellowships
in April 2005, subject to the availability of funds. The DoD will offer these fellowships to individuals who
have demonstrated ability and special aptitude for advanced training in science
and engineering. National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate (NDSEG)
Fellowships are awarded to applicants who will pursue a doctoral degree in, or
closely related to, an area of DoD interest within
one of the following disciplines: Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineering; Biosciences; Chemical
Engineering; Chemistry; Civil Engineering; Cognitive, Neural, and Behavioral
Sciences ; Computer and Computational Sciences ;Electrical Engineering; Geosciences; Materials Science and
Engineering; Mathematics; Mechanical Engineering; Naval Architecture and Ocean
Engineering; Oceanography; Physics
The DoD is also interested in supporting the education of
future scientists and engineers in a number of interdisciplinary areas that
overlap the disciplines listed above.
NASA
Graduate Student Fellowships in Earth Systems Science http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/postsecondary/features/F_GSF_ESS_2004.html
Applications will be considered for research in
any of the six focus areas established by NASA's Earth Science Enterprise:
climate variability and change; atmospheric composition; carbon cycle,
ecosystems and biogeochemistry; water and energy cycle; weather; and Earth surface
and interior. The purpose of the fellowship program is to ensure continued
training of interdisciplinary scientists to support the study of Earth as a
system. Particular emphasis is placed on the applicant's ability and interest
in pursuing academic training and research using observations and measurements
from NASA's Earth-orbiting satellites. NASA is especially interested in
supporting investigations that fulfill a growing need in competencies relating
to data assimilation and continuing improvement of remote sensing techniques.
EPA STAR
Graduate Fellowships
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_fellow.html
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
GRO Graduate
Fellowships http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2004/2005_gro_grad_fellow.html
The
EPA
In recognition of the global nature of
environmental challenges and the need to pool the resources of many nations to
solve environmental problems, EPA has joined with the
Ford
Foundation Diversity Fellowships for Achieving Excellence in College and
University Teaching http://www7.nationalacademies.org/fellowships/
Designed to increase the diversity of the
nation’s college and university faculties by increasing their ethnic and racial
diversity, to maximize the educational benefits of diversity, and to increase
the number of professors who can and will use diversity as a resource for
enriching the education of all students. Predoctoral fellowships support
study toward a Ph.D. or Sc.D.; Dissertation
fellowships offer support in the final year of writing the Ph.D. or Sc.D. thesis; Postdoctoral Fellowships offer one-year
awards for Ph.D. recipients. Applicants must be
Canon Scholars competition http://www1.nature.nps.gov/canonscholarships/
The National Park Service, Canon Inc., and AAAS
announce the 2005 Canon Scholars
competition for
students in North, Central and South America who will be pursuing their Ph.D.
research in national parks in the US, Canada and Latin America. Eight
scholarships ($78,000) are available on the topics of
(1) biological sciences, (2)
physical sciences, (3) social/cultural sciences, (4) technology innovation.
AAAS
PhD Fellowships??? (Anyone have more information about these?)
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American
Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Science and Engineering
Fellows Program
AAAS Mass Media Science &
Engineering Fellows Program
http://www.aaas.org/programs/education/MassMedia/
Increasing public
understanding of science and technology is a principal goal of AAAS, so it only
makes sense that it recognizes the need for scientists who are well versed in
communicating complex ideas to a general audience. The 10-week summer program places graduate
and post-graduate level science, engineering and mathematics students at media
organizations nationwide. Fellows have worked as reporters, editors,
researchers and production assistants at such media outlets as the Chicago
Tribune, Los Angeles Times, National Public Radio, Sacramento Bee, and
Scientific American. Participants come in knowing the importance of translating
their work for the public, but they leave with the tools and the know-how to
accomplish this important goal.
GSA–USGS
Congressional Science Fellowship for 2006–2007
Opportunities to serve as a Congressional Science
Fellow are rare, unique experiences. This position will enable you to work
directly with national leaders and put your expertise and experience to work
helping shape science and technology policy on Capitol Hill.The
Congressional Science Fellow will be selected from top competitors early in
2006. Prospective candidates should be GSA members with a broad geoscience background and excellent written and oral
communication skills. Minimum requirements are a Master’s degree with at least
five years professional experience or a Ph.D. at the time of appointment. If
you possess this professional background, have experience in applying
scientific knowledge to societal challenges, and share a passion for helping
shape the future of the geoscience profession, GSA
invites your application. The fellowship is open to
Deadline to apply: 1
February 2006. For application information, visit www.geosociety.org/science/csf/,
or contact
Ginger Williams, GSA Headquarters +1-303-357-1040,
gwilliams@geosociety.org.
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Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program http://nfwf.org/budscholarship/
Deadline: January 14, 2005 Anheuser-Busch and the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation (http://nfwf.org/) are seeking applications for the 2005
Budweiser Conservation Scholarship Program. This highly competitive scholarship
program supports and promotes innovative research or study that seeks to
respond to today's most pressing conservation issues. The program provides
scholarships to eligible graduate and undergraduate students who are poised to
make a significant! contribution to the field of
conservation. Through the 2005 program, a minimum of ten scholarships of up to
$10,000 each will be awarded to cover students' expenses for tuition, fees,
books, room and board, and other direct expenses related to their studies.
Awards will be made based on merit and will take into consideration a student's
academic achievements and ability and commitment to develop innovative
solutions that are designed to address real and pressing issues affecting fish,
wildlife, and plant conservation efforts. To be eligible for consideration, a
student must be a U.S. citizen, at least twenty-one years of age, and enrolled
in an accredited institution of higher education pursuing a graduate or
undergraduate degree (sophomores and juniors in the current academic year only)
in environmental science, natural resource
management, biology, public policy, geography,
political science, or related disciplines. Recipients are eligible for one year
of scholarship suppo rt. See
the NFWF Web site for complete program and application information.
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NSF DDIGs (Doctoral Dissertation Improvement
Grants)
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf05607
Full Proposal Deadline(s)
(due by 5 p.m. submitter's local time):November 18,
2005
Changes: In the Division of
Integrative Organismal Biology, the Environmental and
Structural Systems Cluster will end participation in this competition. As a
consequence, doctoral research in the areas of ecological and evolutionary
physiology will generally not be eligible for Doctoral Dissertation Improvement
Grants. The National Science Foundation
awards Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants in selected areas of the
biological sciences.These grants provide partial
support of doctoral dissertation research to improve the overall quality of
research. Allowed are costs for doctoral candidates to conduct research in
specialized facilities or field settings away from the home campus, to
participate in scientific meetings, and to provide opportunities for greater
diversity in collecting and creativity in analyzing data than would otherwise
be possible using only locally available resources.
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Sigma Xi -
Grants in aid of Research http://www.sigmaxi.org/programs/giar/index.shtml
Application Deadlines: March
15 and October 15 annually. The
Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research program has been providing undergraduate and
graduate students with valuable educational experiences for more than 80 years.
By encouraging close working relationships between students and faculty, the
program promotes scientific excellence and achievement through hands-on
learning. The program awards grants of $1,000 or less to students from all
areas of the sciences and engineering. Designated funds from the National
Academy of Sciences allow for grants of up to $2,500 for astronomy or vision
related research. Students use the funding to pay for travel expenses to and
from a research site, or for purchase of non-standard laboratory equipment
necessary to complete a specific research project.
American Philosophical Society: http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/lewisandclark.htm
The Lewis and
The Lewis and Clark Fund
(initially supported by a benefaction from the late Stanford Ascherman, MD, of
June 24,
2005, with notification in July, for work between September 2005 and May 2006.
March 15,
2006, with notification in May, for work in June 2006 and beyond.
American Museum of Natural History http://research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html
Modest short term awards are
offered to advanced graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers who are commencing their careers in the fields of zoology,
paleontology, anthropology, astrophysics and earth and planetary sciences. (see #1-3 below in
the “bio’ sections of this grants listing)
(4) Collection Study Grants
Collection Study Grants
provide financial assistance to enable predoctoral and
recent postdoctoral investigators to study any of the scientific collections at
the
The Paleontological Society http://www.paleosoc.org/grantin.html
Stephen Jay Gould Grants
THE PALEONTOLOGICAL SOCIETY
invites applications from student members and
members with postdoctoral research appointments for a limited
number of $500 grants to support research in
any field or aspect of paleontology. Who may apply?
Undergraduate and graduate student members of the Paleontological
Society conducting research in any aspect of paleontology, AND, Paleontological Society members with a postdoctoral
research appointment and primary involvement in a program of paleontological research.
Explorer’s Club http://explorers.org/grants/grants.php
Exploration Fund
The Exploration Fund of The Explorers Club provides grants in support of exploration and field research. Grants in amounts up to $1,200 are made primarily to graduate students. (I notice that mostly bio people have received this, but I don’t see why Geo people couldn’t.)
National Geographic (I couldn’t find details on this, but perhaps somebody can lob them my
way?)
Fulbright http://exchanges.state.gov/education/fulbright/
The flagship international
educational program sponsored by the United States Government, the Fulbright
Program is designed to "increase mutual understanding between the people
of the
American Association of University Women
http://www.aauw.org/
American
Fellowships support women doctoral candidates completing dissertations and
scholars seeking funds for postdoctoral research leave or for preparing
completed research for publication. Applicants must be U.S citizens or
permanent residents. One-year postdoctoral research leave fellowships,
dissertation fellowships, and summer/short-term research publication grants are
offered.
Career
Development Grants support women who hold a bachelor's degree and who are
preparing to advance their careers, change careers, or re-enter the work force.
Community
Action Grants provide seed money to individual women, AAUW branches and
AAUW state organizations, as well as local community-based nonprofit
organizations for innovative programs or nondegree
research projects that promote education and equity for women and girls.
International
Fellowships are awarded for full-time graduate or postgraduate study or
research to women who are not
Selected
Professions Fellowships are awarded to women who are
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Budweiser
Conservation Fellowship (about 10
awarded annually) http://nfwf.org/programs/budscholarship/index.cfm
Anheuser-Busch and the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation fund this competitive scholarship program that supports and
promotes innovative research or study that seeks to respond to today’s most
pressing conservation issues. The Conservation Scholarship Program is designed
to respond to many of the most significant challenges in fish, wildlife and
plant conservation in the United States, whether it is the sustainable use of
natural resources, including sportfish and game,
recovery of an endangered species, or control of invasive exotic species, by
providing scholarships to eligible graduate and undergraduate students who are
poised to make a significant contribution to the field of conservation.
Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution http://www.smbe.org/
Walter M. Fitch Prize
Beginning with the first
annual meeting of the SMBE in 1993, the Walter M. Fitch Symposium has provided
a forum for young investigators. Members
of the SMBE who are either current graduate students or postdoctoral
researchers and who received the primary doctoral-level degree no earlier than
one year before the first day of the month of an annual meeting are eligible
for the Fitch Prize awarded at that meeting. On the basis of abstracts
submitted to the Chair of the Fitch Prize committee, the committee selects
about 10 individuals to enter the competition. Contestants may receive partial travel support from the Society.
BIO (Botany)
Societies: American Orchid Society, Begonia Society,
Cactus and Succulent Societies, etc. Search web sites!
Center for
Plant Conservation - Catherine H. Beattie award - http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarship/beattie.html
Created to promote the conservation
of rare and endangered flora in the
The New England Botanical Club offers each year up to
$2,000 total in support of botanical research to be conducted by graduate
students. The awards are made to stimulate and encourage botanical research on
the New England flora, and to make possible visits to the
Torrey Botanical Society - Graduate Student Research Award (1 awarded annually) http://www.torreybotanical.
The Torrey Botanical Society
supports student research with an annual award of $2,500.00. The award,
limited to graduate students in botany who are members of the Society, must be
used to help pay the costs of field work. Applicants will be judged by
the Council of the Society and recipients will be announced before 1 April each
year.
Botanical
Society of America - Graduate Student Research Award http://www.botany.org/newsite/awards/index.php#bsagrad The Botanical Society of America's
"Student Research Awards" were established in 2004 to support and
promote graduate student research in the botanical sciences. To be eligible, an
applicant must be a member of the Botanical Society of America (BSA), a registered
fulltime graduate student, have a faculty advisor who also is a member of the
BSA. BSA Graduate Student Reseach Awards and/or the J. S. Karling
Graduate Student Research Award may only be received once per individual. $500 Research Grant
Nine awards given each year. Nominations open Sept 1, close March 1.
Garden Club
of
Multiple different awards/fellowships awarded annually
BIO (Phycology)
Phycological Society of
The Phycological
Society of America supports graduate student members development through three
programs: the Croasdale Fellowships, the Hoshaw Travel Awards, and the Grants-in-Aid of
Research.
Croasdale Fellowship Application ( rtf) (pdf) The Hannah T. Croasdale
Fellowships are designed to encourage graduate students to broaden their phycological training by defraying the costs of attending phycology courses at biological field stations. The purpose
of the award is to broaden phycological training and
not necessarily to further research goals. Proposals to study at field stations
associated with universities other than the student's own are especially encouraged.
Awards are made directly to the student in amounts up to $1000 each. Fellowship
support to attend technique courses should be requested from the Grants-in-Aid
of Research Program.
The Hoshaw Travel Awards
Application (rtf) (pdf) These awards are to help students with their travel
expenses to the annual PSA meeting. All other factors equivalent, students who
will present their research at the meeting (lecture or poster) will be given
priority. The deadline for post mark of completed application was April 1,
2005. Successful applicants will be notified prior to the meeting and the
awards will be presented at the meeting.
PSA Grants in aid of research Application (rtf) (pdf)
Awards are made in amounts of up to $1,000 by the Phycological
Society of America in support of graduate student research in any area of phycology. Awards are intended to enable the student to
accomplish work not otherwise possible. Awards are made directly to the
student. No part of the award may be used to pay indirect costs to the
applicant's institution, or to pay stipends. Travel to scientific meetings
should be requested from other PSA programs. Tuition and expenses for taking
critical techniques courses not available at the home institution will be
considered.
BIO (systematics)
American Society of Plant Taxonomists http://www.aspt.net/
The ASPT is pleased to announce the society's annual competition
for research grants for graduate student investigators. Support is
available for students (both master's and doctoral levels) conducting field
work, herbarium travel, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. ASPT Graduate Student Research grants do
not include support for institutional overhead or stipends. No grant will
exceed $1000; it is unlikely that proposals from previous recipients will be
funded. Proposals will be funded on the basis of merit, regardless of the
research area within systematics (e.g., if all of
the best proposals emphasize field work, grants will only be
made in that area).
Systematic Biology: http://systbiol.org/
(1) Awards for Graduate
Student Research
As a further step toward
playing a more active role in the systematics
community and in recognition that graduate students embody the future of systematics and the Society, the Society of Systematic
Biologists (SSB) announces its fourth annual Graduate Student Research Award
competition. The purpose of these awards is to assist students in the
initiation (first two years) of their systematics
projects and in the collection of preliminary data needed by them to pursue
additional sources of support (e.g., Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants
from the National Science Foundation) or to enhance dissertation research
(e.g., by visiting additional field collection sites or museums). Applicants
may be from any country, but must be members of SSB, and are advised to join
the Society as soon as possible to facilitate their applications. Previous
awardees may not re-apply, but other previous applicants are encouraged to
re-apply. Awards will range between $US 1,000 and $2US ,000
and up to six awards will be made.
(2)
Mini-PEET awards to enhance transfer of taxonomic knowledge
SSB is pleased to announce the
availability of four awards to enhance the transfer of taxonomic expertise,
modeled after the highly successful PEET program at NSF. The primary purpose is
to pass on taxonomic expertise in general, therefore, unlike the NSF PEET program, awards will not be limited to taxonomically
understudied taxa. Applicants should NOT be a member
of a laboratory group currently supported by an NSF PEET award.
The awards are designed to
allow SSB members (students, post-docs, and faculty) to spend a summer or
semester apprenticed to an expert in a particular taxonomic group. This could
include either a trip to the taxonomists' laboratory, or pay for the taxonomist
to visit the applicants' laboratory for a period of time. Requests for support
may be in any amount up to $4,000. The entire application should be no more
than two pages long, not including the curriculum vitae. Application deadline
is March 31 of each year.
(3) Scholarships and Travel
Awards for Scientists from Developing Countries
to Obtain Modern Systematic Training in the
BIO
(ornithology)
http://www.nmnh.si.edu/BIRDNET/Grants/ ---MANY grants listed here …
BIO (Mixed Zoology)
Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) http://www.sicb.org/
Grants in aid of research
The Grants-in-Aid of Research
program was established by the SICB in 1996 to provide small awards to graduate
students in support of their research in the fields of integrative and
comparative biology. Awards are made payable to the individual recipients. No
part of an award may be used for the payment of indirect costs to the
recipient's institution. All funds must be expended directly in support of the
proposed investigation. Any equipment purchased shall be the property of the
institution. Awards are made in amounts up to a maximum of $ 1,000.
American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
(ASIH) http://www.asih.org/awards/awards.html
(1) Gaige
Awards are presented annually in honor of Frederick (Dick) and Helen Gaige, both of whom lived during the years 1890-1976.
Applications are solicited for grants to be awarded from the Gaige Fund. These funds are used to provide support
to young herpetologists for museum or laboratory study, travel, fieldwork, or
any other activity that will effectively enhance their professional careers by
contributing to the science of herpetology. Individual awards are
typically in the range of $400-1,000, and will be awarded on the basis of both
merit and need.
(2) The Raney Award is
presented annually in honor of Edward C. Raney (1909-1984). Raney was a
leader among Ichthyologists. Applications are solicited for grants to be
awarded from the Raney Fund for Ichthyology. These funds are used to provide
support for young ichthyologists for museums or laboratory study, travel,
fieldwork, or any other activity that will effectively enhance their
professional careers and their contributions to the science of ichthyology.
Individual awards are typically in the $400-$1000 range and will be awarded on
basis of both merit and need.
Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles
(SSAR):
http://www.ssarherps.org/pages/GIH.php
Proposals are now being
accepted for the 2005 SSAR Grants-in Herpetology Program. This program is
intended to provide financial support for deserving individuals or
organizations involved in herpetological research, education, or conservation.
Grant proposals will be considered in the following categories:
CONSERVATION OF AMPHIBIANS AND/OR REPTILES, RESEARCH, LABORATORY RESEARCH,
HERPETOLOGICAL EDUCATION,
TRAVEL, INTERNATIONAL, BIBLIOGRAPHIC RESEARCH.
American Museum of Natural History http://research.amnh.org/grants/grantsprog.html
Modest short term awards are
offered to advanced graduate students and postdoctoral
researchers who are commencing their careers in the fields of zoology,
paleontology, anthropology, astrophysics and earth and planetary sciences.
Grants are available from a number of special funds: Frank M. Chapman Memorial
Fund, Lerner Gray Fund for Marine Research, Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Fund,
and the Collection Study Grant Fund.
Approximately 200 grants are
awarded annually to meet modest financial needs not normally available from
private foundations or granting agencies. Research projects need not be carried
out at the
(1) Frank M. Chapman Memorial
Grants
The Frank M. Chapman Memorial
Grants support and foster research in ornithology, both neontological
and paleontological.
(2) Lerner-Gray Grants for
Marine Research
The Lerner-Gray Grants for
Marine Research provide financial assistance to highly qualified persons
starting careers in marine zoology. Support is limited to projects dealing with
systematics, evolution, ecology and field-oriented
behavioral studies of marine animals.
(3) Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Grants
The Theodore Roosevelt
Memorial Grants offer financial support to individuals for research on North
American fauna in any phase of wildlife conservation or natural history related
to the activities of the
(4) Collection Study Grants
Collection Study Grants
provide financial assistance to enable predoctoral
and recent postdoctoral investigators to study any of the scientific
collections at the
Also try looking through:
Entomological Society of
Many. See
web site.
American Arachnological
Society http://www.americanarachnology.org/
North American Benthological
Society http://www.benthos.org/Students/index.cfm
The California Academy of Sciences
http://www.calacademy.org/
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The Marland Pratt
The Billings Fund is now inviting applications for student field work grants.
One or more grants (probably in the range of $500 to $1000) will be offered in
time for the 2005 field season. The purpose of these grants is to foster
continued field work in
Association for Women Geoscientists http://www.awg.org/eas/scholarships.html
Chrysalis Scholarship
- Two $2000 will be given each year (Usually March
1st)
The Chrysalis Scholarship
provides degree-completion funding for three women geoscience
graduate students whose education has been interrupted for at least one year.
The awards are intended to cover thesis/dissertation costs such as typing or
drafting expenses, child-care, or anything necessary to assist a degree
candidate during those critical, final days.
William Rucker
Greenwood Scholarship - $1,000 (approx. April 30)
The William Rucker Greenwood
Scholarship is awarded each year by AWG-Potomac through the AWG Foundation to honor
and provide support for outstanding minority women geoscience
students.
AWG Winifred Goldring Award - one-year membership to both the Paleontological Society and AWG (October 1)
Applicants may be either
undergraduate or graduate students; the recipient must be enrolled as a student
during the period of the award, and proof of student status is required.
AWG Minority Scholarship -
$5000 (May 15, 2005)
This new program encourages
young minority women to pursue an education and later a career in the
geosciences. It provides financial aid, but also matches the student with a
mentor in the same field who will offer guidance and support. This exchange
will enhance the student's experience and ease her transition into the working
world.
The Marland Pratt
The Billings Fund is now inviting applications for student field work grants.
One or more grants (probably in the range of $500 to $1000) will be offered in
time for the 2005 field season. The purpose of these grants is to foster
continued field work in
Geol. Soc
America student grants; for Graduate, Undergraduate and PostDocs http://www.geosociety.org/students.htm
and www.geosociety.org/grants/gradgrants.htm
Graduate Student Research Grants
Begin accepting research grant proposals for 2006 in
mid-November. The deadline for proposal submission is Wednesday,
1 February 2006, 11:59 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time). The primary role of
the GSA research grants program is to provide partial support of master's and
doctoral thesis research in the geological sciences for graduate students at
universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Central America. In 2005,
45% of the applicants received funding with the average award being $1533.
Eligibility is restricted to GSA members. APPLICATIONS Any
application that has "Quaternary geology and geomorphology" selected
under "general field of research project" will be eligible for
consideration for the following awards: J.
Kenneth N.
Weaver Student Grant Program
Student Travel Grants for the 2005 GSA Annual Meeting
in
Amer Assoc of Petroleum Geologists Grants
(deadline Jan 31, 2006):
http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/index.cfm (http://foundation.aapg.org/gia/names.cfm)
Many grants listed on this web site!
Petroleum
Research Fund (part of American Chem Society) - support for students must go through a
faculty advisor (deadline: Dec. 9, 2005)
http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=prf\index.html
The Petroleum Research Fund was originally established as a Trust by seven
major oil companies in 1944. The American Chemical Society, to whom the assets
of the Fund were transferred in 2000, must use the income "for advanced
scientific education and fundamental research in the 'petroleum field,' which
may include any field of pure science which ...may afford a basis for
subsequent research directly connected with the petroleum field."
Fundamental research is currently supported in chemistry, the earth sciences,
chemical engineering, and in related fields such as polymers and materials
science.
Mineralogical Society of
The Mineralogical Society of America announces the 2006 MSA Grant For Student Research In Mineralogy And Petrology from an
endowment created by contributions from the MSA membership. The grant
comprises two awards of $5000 each for research in mineralogy and petrology.
Students, including graduate and undergraduate students, are encouraged to
apply. The award selection will be based on the qualifications of the
applicant, the quality, innovativeness, and scientific significance of the
research, and the likelihood of success of the project.
American
Geophysical Union; grants for travel
to meetings (e.g. AGU, Ocean Sciences and Chapman Conferences):
2005 AGU Fall Meeting - Travel grants for partial
support are available for a limited number of
Quantifying Volcanic
Activity -
AGU is providing a Martinelli Travel Grant for Latin
American
or
Chapman Conferences: (Jets and Annular Structures in
Geophysical Fluids) Deadline for travel grant is 13 October 2005.
The Effects of Basement,
Structure, and Stratigraphic Heritages on Volcano Behaviour -- Deadline for this travel grant is 2 August 2005.
Incorporated
Research Institutions for Seismology; www.iris.edu
(see particularly education and outreach sections).
Summer projects are hands-on and sometimes involve
field work and exotic travel.
Summer
Experience in Applied Geophysics (SAGE) program www.ees1.lanl.gov/SAGE/
Run by UC, Los Alamos (scholarships for summer
geophysics field course for advanced undergrads and junior grad students in
Also, check for
more funding opportunities to support meetings of American Geophysical Union (www.agu.org), Seismological Society of
bychecking web sites at least 3 months before major meetings.
Association
of American Geographers (includes
travel and research grants; deadline Dec. 31)
http://www.aag.org/Grantsawards/index.cfm (Also
find a nice funding list at
http://www.aag.org/Grantsawards/finding_funding.cfm)
--2006 AAG
Dissertation Research Grants
Deadline: December
31, 2005
The Robert D. Hodgson Memorial Ph.D. Dissertation Fund honors an accomplished geographer who capped his long career
with ten years of distinguished service as the geographer in the U.S.
Department of State. An internationally recognized expert on geographic aspects
of the law of the sea and maritime boundaries, Dr. Hodgson believed that
broader understanding of geographic principles would reduce international
conflicts. Fund provides financial assistance to candidates preparing doctoral
dissertations in geography.
The Paul Vouras Fund was established by a generous gift from Dr. Vouras, who taught at
The Otis Paul Starkey Fund was
established by Dr. Starkey to support doctoral dissertations or research papers
devoted to regional study or significant problem areas in the
Eligibility: You are eligible to apply if you have
been an AAG member for at least one year at the time you submit your
application, you do not have a doctorate at the time of the award, and you will
have completed all Ph.D. requirements except the dissertation by the end of the
semester or term following approval of your award. Your dissertation supervisor
must certify your eligibility.
The AAG International Geographic Information Fund
(IGIF) offers three types of awards: Student Travel Grants, Graduate Research
Awards, and Student Paper Awards. These awards are intended to support
full-time students who are currently registered in an undergraduate or graduate
degree program at a duly accredited and recognized college, university, or
other educational institution located within the
--AAG IGIF Student
Travel Grant, Deadline: December 31, yearly
The Association of American Geographers will award one or more small grants of
approximately $500 for the support of student travel to national and
international symposia or specialized meetings sponsored by recognized
professional organizations supporting activities associated with specific
aspects of geographic data analysis and handling and geographic information
systems. The term, “support of student travel,” means reimbursement for the
cost of transportation, accommodations, meals, and any other cost or expense
reasonable related to travel for attendance at such meetings. The program is designed to support college
and university student career development in the academic areas of applied
spatial data analysis or geographic information systems (GIS). The award has
been financially supported by a generous gift from Laura and Jack Dangermond and the Environmental Systems Research Institute
to establish an AAG IGIF Endowment for this unique grant program. The AAG IGIF
student travel grant may not be used to supplement scholarship or awards for
the same purpose received from other sources.
Eligibility: AAG IGIF Student Travel Grants are
available to full-time students who are currently registered in an
undergraduate or graduate degree program providing either a degree or explicit
specialization in some area of applied spatial data analysis or GIS study at a
duly accredited and recognized college, university or other educational
institution located within the
--AAG IGIF Graduate Research Award Deadline: December 31, yearly The Association of American Geographers will
award one or more small grants of up to $500 to support graduate research
proposed by a student in any area of spatial analysis or geographic information
science or systems. The award(s) will be presented at the AAG Annual Meeting in
The program is designed to support college and university student career
development in the academic areas of spatial analysis or geographic information
science or systems. The award has been financially supported by the AAG/IGIF
Fund. The AAG/IGIF graduate research award may not be used to supplement
scholarship or awards for the same purpose received from other sources. Eligibility:
AAG IGIF Student Travel Grants are available to full-time students who
are currently registered in an undergraduate or graduate degree program
providing either a degree or explicit specialization in some area of applied
spatial data analysis or GIS study at a duly accredited and recognized college,
university or other educational institution located within the
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Ran across this nice link to list of postdoctoral
research fellowships
http://www.phds.org/index.php?section=13
USGS Mendenhall Program
Flyer, Postdoc program http://geology.usgs.gov/postdoc/